Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

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22 SENATE DOCKET, NO. 632 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
33 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1628
44 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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66 PRESENTED BY:
77 Brendan P. Crighton
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99 To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
1010 Court assembled:
1111 The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
1212 An Act relative to public safety officers and creditable service.
1313 _______________
1414 PETITION OF:
1515 NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Brendan P. CrightonThird Essex 1 of 3
1616 SENATE DOCKET, NO. 632 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
1717 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1628
1818 By Mr. Crighton, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 1628) of Brendan P. Crighton for
1919 legislation relative to creditable service for certain public safety officers. Public Service.
2020 [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
2121 SEE SENATE, NO. 1675 OF 2021-2022.]
2222 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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2424 In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
2525 (2023-2024)
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2727 An Act relative to public safety officers and creditable service.
2828 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
2929 of the same, as follows:
3030 1 SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting
3131 2after subdivision (5) the following subdivision:-
3232 3 (5) Any public safety officer of a city or town who is a member in service or an inactive
3333 4member, who had rendered service in any other state or for the Massachusetts Bay
3434 5Transportation Authority for any previous period as a public safety officer may, before the date
3535 6any retirement allowance becomes effective for him, pay into the annuity savings fund of the
3636 7system in one sum, or in installments, upon such terms and conditions as the board may
3737 8prescribe, an amount equal to that which would have been withheld as regular deductions from
3838 9his regular compensation for such previous period, or most recent portion thereof, as he may
3939 10elect, had such service been rendered in the commonwealth (other than the Massachusetts Bay 2 of 3
4040 11Transportation Authority) and had he been a member of a county, city or town retirement system
4141 12during the period the service was rendered. Payment shall not be made and no credit shall be
4242 13allowed for service in other states or the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority in excess of five
4343 14years; provided, that no credit shall be allowed and no payment shall be accepted for any service
4444 15for which the member shall be entitled to receive a retirement allowance from any other state or
4545 16the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. In addition to the payment of such sum or
4646 17installments thereof, such member shall also pay into the annuity savings fund an amount of
4747 18interest such that at the completion of such payments the value of his accumulated payments,
4848 19together with regular interest thereon, actually made on account of such previous out-of-state
4949 20service or service with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, shall equal the value of
5050 21his accumulated regular deductions which would have resulted if regular deductions had been
5151 22made when regular compensation for such service was actually received. Upon the completion of
5252 23such payments, such member shall receive the same credit for such period of his previous out-of-
5353 24state service or service with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or portion thereof
5454 25elected, as would have been allowed if such service had been rendered by him in the
5555 26commonwealth (other than the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority). Such member shall
5656 27furnish board with such information as it shall require to determine the amount to be paid and the
5757 28credit to be allowed under this subdivision. At the time a retirement allowance becomes due to a
5858 29member or to a beneficiary under option (d) of subdivision (2) of section 12, if the Massachusetts
5959 30service (other than service with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) on the date
6060 31either retirement allowance becomes effective, or on the date the member attained age 65,
6161 32whichever first occurs, is less than the service in other states or the Massachusetts Bay
6262 33Transportation Authority for which the member has paid, credit shall be allowed only for the 3 of 3
6363 34most recent service rendered in other states or the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
6464 35equal to such Massachusetts service (other than the Massachusetts Bay Transportation
6565 36Authority), and the amount paid for additional service shall be refunded with accumulated
6666 37interest, refund to be made only when the retirement allowance becomes due to the member or to
6767 38the beneficiary under option (d) of subdivision (2) of section 12, and if it is found that payment
6868 39has been accepted for any service for which the member is entitled to a retirement allowance
6969 40from any other state or the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the amount paid for
7070 41such service with accumulated interest shall also be refunded with no retirement credit allowed.
7171 42 This subdivision shall take effect with regard to a city, town, county, or other retirement
7272 43system upon its acceptance by such system.
7373 44 SECTION 2. Subdivision (1) of section 4 of said chapter 32, as so appearing, is hereby
7474 45amended by adding the following paragraph:-
7575 46 Creditable service for periods out-of-state service or service with the Massachusetts Bay
7676 47Transportation Authority in the case of any member who has acquired the right to credit for such
7777 48service as a member of a county, city or town retirement system, as the case may be, shall be
7878 49allowed as provided for in subdivision (5A) of section 3.